Andrew Farmer is a disabled writer/performer & comedian based in Los Angeles, CA. He's a recipient of the 2018 Jonathan Larson Grant, and his work has been produced at The Museum of Modern Art, Ars Nova, Playwrights Horizons Downtown, Joe’s Pub, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Walker Space, Theater Aspen and The Yale School of Drama.
He has developed television projects with CBS Studios, Stampede Ventures, Animal Kingdom, Imperative Entertainment, and First Look Media and is a writer on TBS’ Miracle Workers.
Alongside SNL writer, Anna Drezen, he is the co-host of the comedy/horror podcast, Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod, produced by the Forever Dog Network.
Recent plays include The Gray Man (FGP, HERE Arts, Pipeline Theatre Company), The Fall of Hotel Mudafier to the Toltecs (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and I Heard Sex Noises, written with Claire Rothrock, Ryann Weir and Annie Tippe (Ars Nova).
With composer/lyricist Andrew R. Butler, he has written book for American Cryptids (Joe’s Pub, The Civilians R&D Group), Finn The Fearless (Ars Nova, Theater Aspen, The Polyphone Festival), BLESSING (commissioned by Playwrights Horizons, Yale Institute for Music Theatre) and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (commissioned by TheatreworksUSA). With composer/lyricist Nate Weida, he has written book for Boats And (Ars Nova, Williams College residency).
“Farmer is quite skilled at larger-than-life comedy...but he is just as good at sinister scares.”
As an actor, recent roles include “Violet Weston” in Jay Stull's Streepshow, “The Preacher” in Cesar Alvarez's The Elementary Spacetime Show, “Dr. Georgis Alexander Krins” in Jaclyn Backhaus' Bull's Hollow and “Bobo” in the Pipeline Theatre’s award-winning production of Adam Szymkowicz's Clown Bar, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by The New York Innovative Theater Awards.
His sketch and improv group Gentlemen Party, described as "intensely funny surrealist comedy" by TimeOut NY has been featured on Buzzfeed, Cracked and at The Museum of Modern Art.
In addition to being a contributor to Reductress, Andrew’s stories have been featured in Vogue, The Moth’s Sudden Owl series and Mara Wilson’s What Are You Afraid Of?
He's also the creator of popular Tumblr accounts, Scary Stories to Read on The Subway and Mannequin Depressed, described by New York Magazine as "your new favorite Tumblr" and the Huffington Post as "the best website to waste time on."